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The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
UNCLE SANS GUARDS.
Some Good Words for the tt ensury
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There Is a strong move on foot to get Congress to
increase the pay OF the watch force Of the Treasury
Department. This is good move In the right d-
sci OF Uncle SANS servants. whose pay is small and
whose duties are trksome and responsible. They
are required to perform duty every day in The year
while other employees are at work only 305 days:
they are employed eight hours each day and other
employees only seven. The value of the services
possessed by the emoloye, Int by the intelligence.
fidelity, and honesty required In me discharge OF
rse duties
gree of intelligence not required of common labor
ers, and an education which will enable them to
perform duties OF a clerical nature. They must
dress respectfully, he courteous and attentive to
visitors and al officers and employees, patrol the
part of the building in their charge, report all vo
srucion or theft OF property as well us The
building and properly from Ore. They must fami-
arize themselves with the officers and employees, so
as to distinguish them from visitors, and thus see
that the rules OF the Department are not violated.
est their duties require them at the close OF bus
ness each day to eAimlfe each OF the safes, over
eighty IN number In the M building and irone Is ioIna
| contents, which sometimes are, or represent, mil
| lions OF dollars, besides valuable papers, which
might be abstracted, and thus the Government lose
| by reason of their dishonesty. A man quai1ed for
the proper disch ,rce OF the duties Of wdtchman In
| tho Treasury Department is competent to perform
the duties OF position paying higher salary, so
when the opportunity presents he Will accept, and
the Department lose the services of one who is trained
and competent II Is therefore claimed that II the
salaries Of the watchmen are Increased proportion
ately the compensation paid other employees, or 10
what would be lust recompense for their services
the efficiency of the service would then be promoted
by the retention of those proving themselves honest
dgent. comDetent and faithful in the discharge OF
every duty, and the safety OF the public property
would he better secured. The watchmen are only
paid 81 9I day, while the messengers receive 50 "a
for each days service II s desired that increase
| of compensation will be made OF from sT2O to 5000
per annum for the watchmeD, and the pay OF the
captain OF Inc watch viii bc Increased from ST. 400 to
81 500. and Of the lieutenant from 5000 to $1,000
Considering that the watchmen at the Capitol arc
paid 5000 year, with much less responsibility, 10
| TO be earnestly hoped that the Treasury watch.
men may he paid equally much. II II understood
that Secretary Manning is In favor OF this increase
| OF nav,
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
How 10 Make Good Coffee.

CoGee made by IMITATION and infnslOn give very
little Of the extract. The general cook OF the period
who adyeftses "goOd plain cooking" generally
makes the coffee when she makes the IRE, letting II
boil and steam as she does her tea. An excellent
rule Is; Allow an ounce of nnely ground coffee 10
tin or IRON c0lfee-pOt; pour upon II as many cup
iuls OF boiling tDdfer az s needed OF strong coffee
with the addition OF cup Of water, more or less, foI
wasting; stir 1t well with a wooden spoon, then put
the poi over the IRE, boil quickly, stirring all the
time. AZ the bubbles rise take II from the IRE, poui
out cupful, mold II high above the pot pour II bach
again: repeat this four or I'VE times then strain the
coffee through piece OF muslin, put II In hO
coffee, Of sparkling amber, is delicious stimulan
for lIght breakfast
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
SINE. DE aoiomine'. novel.

hear that the novels by "Ary EeIlaw,n which
nave excited such q sensation az Berlin, Vienna,
and Paris, and OF which an Immense number nave
been sold, are really written by Mme dc Kolomlne.
the divorced wife Of the Grand Duke OF Ilesse TWO
large editions OF "une Altease Imperiale" were sold
Ia week, aud the demand IL still In excess OF the
supply. The late Einpress OF Russia, the present
Emperor aud Empress, aud the Grand Duke Serge
aud his wife the Princess Elizabeth Of Hesse-DarIn-
stadt, ngure prominently In the WORK. rumor IL
noat that the next ''romaneep by "Ary Eclaw"
Will deal with the royal family Of England, and the
scene will be laid In this counry-a prospect which
Is oerany not calculated 70 Increase the haIity Of
inc Court circle at Windsor Castle.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

THE disaster Just south OF Cape Henry calls anew
for system OF adequate pensions for the heroes OF
our grand life-saving service, and the same remark
might be extended 10 the faithful clerks Of the
railway mail. Both classes take their lives In theiI
hands when they so ON duty, and death In It's most
terrible forms reapsa constant harvest from tbeiI
ranks. Without disrespect to the gallant Army and
Navy It may be said that these civilians run greater
dangers In time OF peace, TO say nothing Of the nse
fulness OF their work
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
OBITUARY..
Tribute TO tho Memory OF Mrs. Hnrri,
II, MaybUPy,

IL. M0pbury.
Tie Board OF Directres 'es aud the lae, OF Louise
Home are again called upon to mingle their sorrow
with those more at the loss they have sustained
In the docease OF the late beloved President OF the
rest on Tuesday, December u, 1885, about O'Clock
A. NJ, and they desire, with a profound sense of
their loss to record their estimate OF the exalted
character Of her whose demise they are now called
upon TO mourn.
Called, In the Providence Of tod. to Nil the place
made vacant by the death OF the lamented Mrs.
TaylOe, she ever brought to the discharge OF her
responsible duties mature judgment and unvarying
sOlicitude for the welfare OF the institution, to the
Interests OF which she devoted her best energies
while health and strength remained, and with
grateful recollection OF her long and faithful care
aud In respect to her memory, the board Will now
adjourn and the Secretary IL requested 10 transmit
q COPY Of this tribute 10 her family.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

1t is to be hoped the new law in regard to
District tax sales will not turn out 10 be one
for confscating the homes Of the poor. Does
It distinguish, as it ought, between actual
hcmssteads and uuimproved lots II not,
!, ought TO be amended.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

IL there be one work OF charity that deserves es-
pecial consideration at the hands OF all Christian
people above all others It Is that having as It's pur
poee the care and maintenance OF homeless ana
founding children. Child life seems TO have been
especially dear 10 the Saviour for In His teachings
He makes frequent alluslon to "the little ones.'
There is in this city an institution ST. AIMS Infant
Asylum ln charge OF the Sisters Of Charity that given
TO this noble work. Congress- In appropratlng for
the several District charitable institutions, has
usually allowed t5 900 for the maintenance. IN part
private subscriptions doing the rest--of this asy-
lum. When the Congressional committee liked
this sum as it's appropriation 1t was upon the basis
Of seyenty-1ye children. The number has annually
increased until this winter the good Sisters have 1866
helpless little human walls TO support, many OF
whom, but for these noble women, would have died
OF starvation and cold. An, what tales OF suffering,
what stories OF human sorrow, are these little souls
the index Of The usual appropriation OF q, 900
Will b0 insufficient In view OF the enormous increase
OF those to be cared for and the friends Of the inst
tuition will ask that II he made 1880. This surel-
is little enough, aud 1t Is TO be hoped that this
amount will be promptly gwen. Let the friends OF
this most noble charty-and all good people are IN
friendsjeD In the effort 10 obtain this sum for the
! children at ST. AIMS ABylum.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

Congress has at last taken the right stand
on District appropriations improve the
minds of the children with knowledge, even
II certain streets have to go unimproved
with pavements. Belgian blocks on the
roadway often mean generation Of block.
heads growing up for lack of school accom-
moiations.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

II is gratifying TO learn that the debt Of
the National Fair Association Is being re
duced. The Jockey Club ought TO be
strengthened and purchase the fair grounds.
There is no advantage in having two sepa-
rate organizations, one to own the property,
and another to occupy II.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

A MEMBER Of recent cases have sho wn that it Is
almost hopeless to petition the courts for mandf.
mus directed against those holding political power;
yet 1t is greatly to be desired that Manager Stras
burger may succeed In establishing, judicially, that
respectable theatre is not nuisance" either ac.
tually or construc,ivey, but temple of one of the
fine arts, as worthy OF respect and encouragement
as the Corcoran Gallery.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

Congress ought TO make an appropriation
TO pay the school teachers the three per
cent. which was deducted from their salaries
In order to bring them within the amount of
last years appropriation. This was a gross
injustice, which ought TO be remedied.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

THE bad sanitary condition OF the Treasury De-
partment has got beyond the point where 1t is a
question OF dollars and cents. A wealthy Govern.
ment cannot AFFORD TO be guilty Of the lives of ts
employees the destruction Of their health by polls
oning them with sewer gas. Those who are re.
sponslble for the longer continuance OF the present
state Of the building will have heavy account to
answer to their own consciences.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

Congress has grown tired of waiting for
the British government to replace the Ave
uue bridge across the Eastern Branch,
which owed Its destruction to General Ross,
who was go dreadfully careless with fire dur
ing his visit here in 1914. This monument
Of disaster to American arms will at last he
oblterated,
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

OUR bright contemporary, the star, remarks that
"the invention OF little bit Of colored paper with
"mucilage on the back" ia largely responsible for
the wonderful growth Of the postal system This is
open to the same objection the famous definition
Of crab Postage stamps have dextrIne, not mucil
age, on their backs, or they would be even worse
nuisance In the pocketbook than they are now.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
SPECIAL NOTICE..

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manuscripts. no matter ,phat their character may
be. To thts rule no exception btu be made nth
regard to either letters or Enclosures. Nor uftthe
Editor enter fnto any correspondence respecting
rejected communications. An mducrnot inserted
Is destroyed.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
Wbitney'H Pluck and Pugnnc'ty.

IPhIldephIa PTeSS.J
ItisunfOrunaie for Mr.. Clevelands Administration
that there Is not more OF Secretary Wbltney's
energy, good nature, aud square-toed combative-
ness In the other memberaof the Cabinet We don't
mind acknowledging at This juncture, as II were,
that there is more genuine American pluck aud pug.
naclty In the Navy Department than In any other
branch Of the Administration People like II.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

1t is to be hoped the District Committee
will report and pass at this present session
an act which will open our public parks and
reservations for proper public recreations.
The Interpretation now put upon the statute
forbidding the use Of the public grounds
"for any private purpose" is narrow and
erroneous one. To construe those words so
tha. no party of private persons shall use
the parks is simply to nullify the real mean.
ing. A man who sits on wooden settee in
the shade to rest or read ia using the park
for private purpose, yet shout of derision
would 60 up If any one said the law forbids
that. It really does forbid It as much as i,
forbids party Of people from playing lawn.
tennis in the parks. 1t is simply a false
construction ofthe law which restraints people
from using them in that way. If they are
open for proper outdoor games 1t is the
public who use them. The line is drawn
between public and private as II some great
gulf divided them, when in reality every
person is part of the public and has q
claim to its rights. The real meaning of the
act is to prevent persons from using th'
parks for any private business.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

The attention Of the police needs to be
constantly called TO the murderous practice
Of fast driving. The worst offenders are
often the private coachmen, who act as II
they feel themselves above the law. The
evil is particularly glaring at the corner Of
Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue,
when the crowd is Just coming out of
Albaugh's S Opera House. Running the gaunt.
let to get across the Avenue there is at that
time always serious matter. Vehicles
ought to be compelled to drive at walk
while the crowd of theatre.goers is passing,
and we trust Colonel Moore will detail a
policeman to be on hand during that par
ticular quarter Of au hour, and see that the
murderous impetuosity OF the Jehus is re-
strained.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
A waste of Time.

Germani Why don't you imerIcans drink beer
az We do?
Young America; HOw's that7
German: sip II slowly, aud take half n thrt =
quarters OF an hour 10 glass.
Young America with disgusD; II would take all
night 10 get full.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

Mr. +. PoHsDoRFF has recently been contributing
series OF very readable articles to BonJorts Vine
ana Spirit Circular on California wines, which
have done much good IN presenting to the wine
trade facts in regard to the wines OF this State Mr.
PohndorG, unlike some others. does not claim thar
the wines Of this State equal the nest OF France,
but he does say that for good, wholesome, every
day wine the product OF this State surpasses any Of
the imported stun OF equal price. That the wine Ia
improving every vintage is too well known TO need
OF the California brands will win reputation equal
to the best imporaions, but at present II s as much
folly to claim the highest excellence for wines as
against the world as II Is TO claim for school boy
equal excellence with the ripe scholar OF nfty or
sixty years contact with books and the word,-SL
Helena (cGl) Times
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

THAT old story about Calico and the church will
somehow have to be revised or dropped. While the
Presbyterians Of the South are engaged in driving
out of their fold Professor Woodrow for teaching
modern scientific theories, Father Chappelle, OF ST.
Matthews (R. C) parish In this city, Is preaching
course Of early Sunday morning dscourses recon-
CLING the Mosaic account OF creation with the doc
trine OF evolution.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
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Subscription, IN Advance, per pear. $3.50
Remttdnoes should be made ov postal note,
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ton. When checks on banks IN other cities are
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The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

BY all means, Messrs. congressman, act
favorably and promptly on Secretary Man.
nips's recommendation TO appropriate sufi-
cient money to put the Treasury Department
in = proper sanitary condition. Upon enter.
ing that building one morning last week the
smell Of sewer-gas was almost sitting, and
the foul atmosphere is daily poisoning and
shortening the lives of about twenty-five
hundred people.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

not extend. The President must be glad
that he is relieved from any further COM
ment about the benefit his new property
would derive from the scheme. Let it wait
until it can be considered simply on its mer.
it's, and give South and East Washington a
chance in the meantime.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

THE Washington Critic cordially approves the
suggestion IN these columns last week that the
Lincoln statue IN front Of the old City Hall should
be lowered and placed on proper pedestal With
energetic daily contemporary thus Joined in the
movement, the days Of the present eyesore ought
be numbered. What does Judge waxem say on
this subject7
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

The dam obs,ructing District legislation
was broken last week, and freshet Of legis
iation followed.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

The recognized object OF a park is to pro-
vide for private recreation. Every one who
lived in Washington before the Capitol
grounds were reconstructed speaks Of the
privilege which used to be enjoyed by 30
many Of playing croquet there. 1t was in
the days when oroquet WAS rage, and 4
dozen parties pitched their wicksts on the
smooth turf every evening aud welded their
mallets, much to their own enjoyment and
without interfering in the least with any
more public use Of the park, Nowadays
oroquet has been superseded by lswn.tennis,
but many persons still like the more easy
movement OF the out door billiards. Both are
healthful, interesting games, aud are not
played half as much as they ought to be for
lack OF any good place TO play them. 1t
would not be an innovation to permit the
use Of the parks for this purpose, as it has
been tried aud proved to bs good thing in
the past.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
9rpppsals.
DROPosALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
Il RESERVOIR OUTLET AND WING-WALLS.
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2l36 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NoRTHwEsT,
WARRINGTON, ID. o., December IA, 1880.
SEALED pKOPOSALH. la triplicate, will he re-
ceiyed ut this oiilce until ~ NJ. ON MONDAY, Jan
uaIy IL 1881 for the construction OF The Reservoir
Outlet and wingwalls. IN connection with the Reca-
mailon OF the Potomac Flats, at Washington. ID. @.
The structure will be OF granite masonry built on
foundation OF piles, grlllage, and concrete; 10 be
bqilt within c0fer-dam, iu about six feet OF water.
For detailed information, forms OF bid, ETC., Apply
10 the undersigned. PETER HAMS,
de2S 4t8 Lieutenant Colonel VI EngInecrE,
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

A Washington physician, (as his profes.
sion do not advertise, we will not advertise
him. on the stand in the Bm,nons case last
week, voiced the need for properly con.
ducted inebriate asylum, In which confne-
mcnt would he compulsory. Unfortunate
creatures with little money or few friends,
victims Of alcoholism, are sent TO the work.
house or the Jail, and thereby hurried on
the path 10 destruction. Some, like noted
journalist, who died here not long ago, 70.
tate from one institution to another, finding
no proper treatment In any, until death
mercifully takes them TO the final asylum OF
all. There are other notorious cases in all
walks OF life where an iuebriate asylum is
and humanity, yet the victims are aban-
doned to the chances Of the streets, the sta
ton houses, aud even worse refugees Of de-
spair. A place combining the medical ad.
vantages Of Providence Hospital for example,
with the legal restraint of penal reforma
tory might save some of the most brilliant
men in town, young ard old, from degrade
tiop and death, for usefulness and honor
Even for the humblest and least promising
cases, an age which has such pity for a
"horse o'erdrivep, And love In which my
"hound has part" might well show more
tenderness than under the present system,
or no system. Ahigh.license tax on saloons
would soon pay for the hospital,
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

Washington is pleasanter than most cities
in summer as far as climate is concerned,
and II proper recreations were open to PEG.
Pile they would not be half so anxious
to get away. A good convenient tennis
ground wIuld be great inducement
TO many people to stay late in the
summer and come back early in the fall.
There is abundance OF room for all those
things here in the public grounds. Our
city Is we'll supplied with parks the only
trouble ID that they are not used enough.
Few persons have time to visit them just to
look at them. II Is not in the nature OF our
thrifty aud industrious Glasses TO dawdle
about in parks with nothing TO do. But If
there Ia an opportunity to play some game OF
interest aud skill there are any number who
will 20. There Is not word to be said In
opposition 10 this plan. The damage to the
public grounds would amount to nothing
The sight Of green lawns dotted with parties
Of people quietly enjoying themselves at
some outdoor sport would compensate for
few rough spots on the turf, but with proper
care there would be no disfguriDg OF the
grounds. !. Is q reform which ought to DO
carried out at once
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16

The National Museum ought TO he open ON
Sunday. That is a statement which chsl.
lenges come opposition. There are too sides
to the question, and quite an argument has
been wsge3 over the matter which has never
changed any ones opinion. The tendency
Of thought is In the direction Of opening to
the public on Sundays places which are in.
structive and interesting, aud which are in.
accessible to a vast number of people OH
week days, II seems but simple Justice,
and will probably be done in few years.
The National Museum here Ia one of the
most complete and valuable iu the world.
Its contents are sttractively arranged in
bright, convenient building. In short, It is
place every Que ought to VISIT and where
no one can fail to lie interested. Yet 1t is
practically closed TO the largest part of the
population. Thelaboring classes cannot see
II at all, aud the great army of Department
employees are practically shut out also.
The offices close at 4 and the Museum at 5.
With only an hour to get to the Museum
and so through It; few of the clerks ge. any
benefit from it, many have never been there
at ALL OF course the employees iu stores can
never go there. This ia the state of affairs
at present with no prospect of
an improvement. Opening the Museum
OH Sunday would make II available
to nearly all, but something even better than
that, and which should be done at once, is
to open 1t evenings. There is plea for a
workingman's library and reading room,
which II is to be hoped will meet general
response. II is claimed, and justly, that II
will form strong counter attraction to the
temptations that haunt poor mans even.
ings. The National Museum, opened and
lighted at night, would act in the same way
while it would make it available for an im
meuse number of intelligent people who are
prevented by business from enjoying it In
the day time. There is every reason why il
should be opened evenings, and no reason
why II should not be. 1t lis impossible, how
ever, until an additional appropriation fol
lighting and for extra attendants Is pro
cured. The amount would be very small
aud with the surplus" troubling the brain
of congressman there ought tobe no diff
Guilty in procuring 1t. The Government i
rich enough to afford this qualification to th
people of Washington. The great expens
, Of building and collecting the Museum is al
3 to little result until people can See it.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
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rB-CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

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The Sunday herald., 1887-01-16
3ufftal NDtifes.

U-S 10, lssG.-THE CoPARTNERSHIP HERE
FORE existing between NJ. NJ. Parker and Eddy
u. Townsend, under the nrm name OF PARKER
TOWNSEND, is hereby dissolved by mutual consent,
TO take effect January 1851 the said NJ. NJ. Parker
assuming all debts and obligations contracted by
MYRON NJ. PARKER.
EDDY Is. TOWNSEND,